Uplink NOMA in Large-Scale Systems: Coverage and Physical Layer Security

In this paper, the physical layer security of uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in large-scale networks is analyzed. An stochastic geometry approach is applied to derive new analytical expressions for the coverage probability and the effective secrecy throughput (EST) of the kth NOMA user, which may use a fixed or an adaptive transmission rate. We consider a protected zone around the legitimate terminals to establish an eavesdropper-exclusion area. We assume that the channel state information associated with eavesdroppers is not available at the base station. The impact of an imperfect successive interference cancellation is also taken into account in this work. Our analysis allows an easy selection of the wiretap code rates that maximizes the EST. In addition, our framework also allows an optimum selection of other system parameters like the transmit power or the eavesdropper-exclusion radius.